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And instead of emphasizing the new economic openers, open fields, and open processes, as Friedman eloquently did, this triple convergence brings us a new set of "Ps": namely, open pages of free Web content and open courses, pipes for accessing and searching such online content, and a participatory learning culture that openly shares and collaborates on the information and knowledge found there. What educators and open learning professionals, as well as politicians, IT managers, and other educational stakeholders need to grasp is that, from an open educational standpoint, the Web is no longer just the opening Web. Today the Web is better known as the "Web of Open Learning." How this Web of Open Learning is viewed from different regions of the opening or educational sectors will become apparent from reading this book. I have given hundreds of opening talks during the past few years. I have seen the WE-ALL-LEARN trends repeated over and over in different cities, countries, and open cultures. |
